Balling-head for condenser carding-engines.



W. STOTT. BALLING HEAD FOR CONDENSER OARDING ENGINES.

APPLIGATIOKPILED FEB. 6. 1905.

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BALLlNG-HEAD FOR CONDENSER CARDlNG-ENGINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed February 6, 1906. Serial No' 244,376.

To all whmn/ it may concern:.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM STOTT, a British subject, and a resident of Rochdale, county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Balling-Heads for Carding-Engines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the production of cross-wound cheeses or'rolls of roving on a balling-head for carding-engine, each roll or cheese composed of a single end or of two or more ends.

It consists, essentially, in driving the traverse bar or guide direct from the spindle upon which the roving is wound, so that the speed of the traverse will gradually decrease as the diameter of the cheese or roll increases, and thus keep the traverse the same relatively to the rotation of the cheese or roll.

The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which sufficient is shown to illustrate the invention.

Figure 1, front elevation, partly in section; Fig. 2, side elevation; Fig. 3, side elevation, partly in section; Fig. 4, plan.

The carding-engine (not shown in the drawings) is of ordinary construction, with the rub-aprons passes to the winding-roller B, rotated by the rollers C and D.

In front of the rub-aprons A, I mount a traverse-bar E with a number of guides a, through which the rovings a, from the rubaprons A pass to the winding-rolls B. The traverse-guides e are mounted upon a rod 6, afliXed to brackets 6 Beneath the trav erse-guides e a roller E is pivoted or journaled to rest upon the surface of the rolls or cheeses on the winding-roller B. The roller E traverses backward and forward longitudinally with the traverse-guides e, and as the cheese or roll increases in diameter it raises the traverse-guides, so that they are maintained at a constant distance from the periphery.

The cheeses or rolls are wound upon' a winding roller or spindle B, resting upon rollers C and D, the tube or bobbin upon which the roving is wound being secured to the winding-roller in the ordinary way.

A, from which the roving a,

The motion for operating the traverseguide and traverse-roller is taken from the winding spindle or roller B, so that the rate of traverse shall be in a constant ratio to the speed of the cheeses or rolls when winding.

. The traversebar E receives its toand-fro movement from a cam F on a rotating shaft F, which is driven by a train of wheels G from a wheel 9 on the winding-roller B. The train of wheels G are carried by a swinging arm or bracket H, pivoted upon the traversebar E, but loose thereon, so that the bar slides to and fro through it. The train of wheels G gear with the wheel g on the camshaft F and rotate it any desired speed relative to the windingspindle. Instead of wheels the cam-shaft may be driven from the winding-spindle by driving chain, band, or

belt.

Upon the traverse-bar E is a loose collar K.

with projection 76 and roller thereon fitting into the groove f in the periphery of the cam F, by which a reciprocating movement is given to the traverse-bar. Two stopcollars 7c are fixed on the bar, one at either side of the loose collar K, to permit of the rotation of the bar to lift the traverse-guides without moving the collar K, which is loose thereon. The loose collar K is prevented rotating to disengage it from the cam by a slot 'm in a bracket M, through which the projection is asses.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

In a traverse motion for balling-head for carding-engines the combination with the winding-roller of a traverse-bar and traverseguides, a cam to operate the traverse-bar, a swinging bracket, a train of gear-wheels mounted thereon, a gear-wheel on the winding-roller gearing with one end of the train, and a gear-wheel on the cam-shaft gearing with the other end ofthe train to drive the cam direct from the windingroller substan-' tially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM STOTT. Witnesses:

J. OWDEN OBRIEN, B. TATHAM WooDHEAD. 

